Well I hope you’ve had a great week? The weather has certainly taken a turn into Autumn! Wet & windy is not the word for some of the days we’ve had. Today I was going to post about something totally different, but one of my customers was inspired by my blog post last week to send me a photo of what she made with a Gold theme – so I thought it only right to do a Going for Gold Again post to share her make and another Gold themed card I made this summer.

So these are the gorgeous little chocolate holder table gifts she made for her mum & dad’s 50th Wedding Anniversary – are they not just so cute and yummy – and the chocolates are not bad either!

I think they are brilliant, and I can see the SU products she used – some Gold Soiree Designer Series Paper from last year and the Large Curly Label punch (sadly now retired). Some gorgeous Gold Glitter paper and I think that’s Shimmer White card stock too! Cute gold ribbon (SU’s Gold Ribbon Trim would work just as well). She did a good job I think, and I’d have been very happy to have one of those at my party!

Her email reminded me that I also hadn’t shared the 50th Wedding Anniversary card I made from all the “kids” to our aunt & uncle whose party we attended just 2 weeks ago. My sister-in-law got hold of the photo from their wedding day, and we went all gold & vanilla. You can tell I made it & then had to get it straight out to my sister-in-law who was going to deliver it – no time for any normal mushroom photo studio pics!

What do you think? Thankfully they were very pleased to receive it, so that was good! I love making anniversary cards, next year is a big one for me & the other half (although not 50 years yet!). I’ll have to get something special designed for that one or he’ll have words! Speaking of words, I love the sentiments from this year’s Timeless Love stamp set. I haven’t even spoken about the beautiful flower images that are also in the set – I just couldn’t get them incorporated into this design – although I used the really small ones on the photo and on the sentiment tag. The gold satin ribbon is scrummy and the gold vellum and embossed wording comes up a treat – I did use some of our retired Gold card stock because I love it so much and some retired numbers on the Sweetheart punched gold card.

So, have you got any special anniversaries or parties / birthdays coming up? What are you making for them? I’d love to hear about them all and see your creations. Leave a comment below or email your makes and I could feature them here in future postings or pop them on my Gallery page where all my customers images get uploaded.

Stampin’ Up! products are listed below and link straight through to my shop – Stampin’ Up! must have known I was having another Gold week as the Gold Metal buttons are on the Weekly Deals! So grab a bargain while you can & don’t forget you’ll get a little thank you gift from me if you use this months Stampin’ Reward Code: WSTSHX97 for any orders placed before the end of September

Have a great & golden week ahead (let’s hope the sun is out!) – next week I’m at Make, Create & Craft on Saturday 26th book your ticket on the MCC website HERE and we have Simply Stylish on Sunday 27th (last booking date Thursday 24th) RSVP HERE. So a busy weekend of crafting ahead for me. Don’t forget it’s World Card Making Day 3rd October – come and spend some time Memory Keeping in the morning (RSVP here) & if you were lucky enough to grab one of the spaces for the afternoon event – I’ll see you there!

Until next weekend, happy stamping. Take care, hugs, Pip x